I'm following this dicussion becaurse I have the same question. I just tried a trial SW which report that my boad temperature is 255.0
I built myself a computer about a year and a half ago. It was noisy so I am gradually taking steps to install quieter components.
Amd Athlon XP 2000+
Gigabyte 7vrxp
Gainward Geforce4 ti4200 64mb
Western Digital 120gb hard drive
Last year I installed the zalman flower aluminum and copper heat sink which cut down on the noise a lot but left my cpu running at about 60 degrees celsius idle and about 65 under a load. I haven't noticed any problems with this though.
Recently I just replaced my case fans with panaflos and installed Akasa Pax.mate in my aluminum case (a foam that sticks to the inside on the case and helps absorb fan noise). This also cut down on the noise a lot. However, my system temperature has risen and now idles around 40 degrees celsius sometimes getting up higher under a load. I can't find anywhere on the internet to check for ok system temperatures. The panaflos are quiet but also move less air so less heat is removed. I have two in the front as intakes and one in the back as exhaust.
Is this heat going to be bad for my computer? In other words will it damage my components?

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